People are trading in business suits for swimsuits and browser tabs for bar tabs. It can only mean one thing: summer is here and people are unplugging for the foreseeable future.

One of our values at ConvertKit is to work in public. We strive for transparency, which is why we share information that is typically kept private, like our finances and our deliverability.

Food and email have an unlikely shared benefit: connection with others. Maurizio Leo grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, surrounded by food and family.

Matt Molen from Email Crush has helped hundreds of creators move from Mailchimp to ConvertKit. In this article, he shares 10 features that former Mailchimp users love about ConvertKit when they switch.

Chris Ferdinandi teaches JavaScript to early-career web developers and designers who want to transition into code. He does this through free emails five times a week, as well as paid resources like ebooks, courses, and workshops under the Go Make Things umbrella.

You’re in a hurry to kickstart your creator business. After a quick Google search, you sign up for a bunch of products assuming they'll help you deliver great content.

There has never been a better time to be a content creator. Content creation has exploded in recent years. But with revenues on the uptrend, it’s important to be aware of the significant wealth distribution gap in the industry.

Writers, teachers, filmmakers, artists… different types of creators have been around for longer than any of us can remember. Creator economy, however, is quite new. The term only became widely used in late 2020.

Mandi Gubler, creator of Happy Happy Houseplant and Vintage Revivals, is no stranger to creating content for an online audience. In 2010, Mandi Gubler started her first blog, Vintage Revivals, when blogging was in its hay day.

Structuring your days as a full-time creator isn’t as cut-and-dry as you might think. Burnout—which can look different for different types of creators—is a widespread problem for people working as solo entrepreneurs.

You heard all the benefits of email marketing, so you started a mailing list. But no one’s signing up and now you feel like you’re dressed up with nowhere to go.

One of our values at ConvertKit is to work in public. We strive for transparency, which is why we share information that is typically kept private, such as our finances. When messages are sent, they can be delivered, or they can bounce.

Joshua Bell is one of the best violinists in the world. But when he was asked to busk in the L’Enfant Plaza Station in Washington, D.C. with his 3.5 million dollar violin, he only collected a measly $32.

Imagine this: you’ve been creating stellar YouTube content for the past two years. You open your email and see you’ve received a collaboration proposal from a well-known brand.

The journey of a professional creator can be lonely and exhausting. You rely on social media to reach your followers and attract new ones. You count on SEO to give you an organic search boost. You build lead magnets and send newsletters to nurture your subscribers.

How would your life change if you could make money while you sleep? Would you spend more time with your family and friends? Would you travel the world? Would you do more good for those in need? Or maybe you would simply like to sit back and relax for once.

Your newsletter is the gateway to growing your creator business. As your subscriber count grows, you can make more money from your paid newsletter, charge sponsors, and sell a higher number of your products or services.

1. The romantic one: The more money they earn, the more they feel rewarded and validated for their work, pushing themselves further to improve their skills and provide more value to their clients and customers. Our research shows that a creator's happiness levels also increase with revenue. 2.

Sometimes as entrepreneurs and creators, we’re much closer to our goals than we think. We’re told to grow, grow, grow, but too often in my experience time spent pursuing growth is time missed elsewhere.

There is a plethora of advice for creators already out there and it feels like everything has already been said about how to create and sell. But what about what not to do when creating and selling?

Marie Poulin is a Notion pro. She teaches business owners to design their life and business systems to match their unique lifestyles. Notion Mastery, her flagship course, counts more than 2,100 students. The course and Notion templates she sells generate around $40,000 per month.

Newsflash! Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (and what to do about it). Is your attention span feeling the effects of the constant consumption of information?

If you’re planning a launch, you’re in great company. Our State of The Creator Economy Report revealed that this year 51% of creators plan to create a course, 56% want to make a digital product, and 40% have their sights set on a new book.

Edward Bernays knew exactly what he was doing when he hired ten women to light up their cigarettes during the 1929 Easter Parade in New York. Back then, it was uncommon for women to smoke, so when these women lit up, women all over America saw it as an act of liberation. And they wanted in.